Two Days of Spey Casting & Tactics W/ Michael Mauri Date: Saturday, July 6th-7th Time: 7:30am to 3:00pm Location: Fly Rod Shop, Stowe, VT Instructor: Michael Mauri Seminar Size: 10 Cost: $200 per day or $350 for both days Evolving from its roots in the British Isles, spey casting has caught on in a big way in the US: from sea run steelheading in the North West to urban shad fishing in the Potomac. Joining us is international guide and spey casting guru Michael Mauri. Michael will be teaching both single hand and double hand spey techniques like the spey cast, switch cast and double spey, etc. Incorporated in his teaching is his easy to learn style of natural movement casting, which he has developed over his career: Effective Fly Casting Technique, (EFCT).

Dry Fly Fishing 101 – Tactics & Techniques Date: Saturday, July 13th Time: 6:30am to 10:30am Location: The Fly Rod Shop, Stowe, VT Instructor: Josh Adams Seminar Size: 10 Cost: $85 Dry fly fishing: always fun and often frustrating. How many times have you drifted fly after different fly to rising trout and never got a take? In this 4 hour instructional for all levels, Lead Guide Josh Adams will give you the fundamentals and much more, to increase your dry fly proficiency. In the classroom and on the river, you will experience instruction on the forms of aquatic insect emergence, adult life span and how to imitate and fish them; utilizing the many types of dry fly patterns ranging from the classic Catskill fly to CDC’s. He’ll also cover the nuances of drag free drift, effective mending techniques, the dynamics of feeding lanes and tandem rigs.

Nymphing 101 Seminar: Nymphing 101 w/Bob Shannon & Josh Adams Date: Saturday, August 3rd Time: 6:30am to 10:30am Location: Fly Rod Shop, Stowe, VT Instructors: Bob Shannon, Josh Adams Seminar Size: 10 Cost: $85 The most effective way to consistently catch trout is . Over the years, new and innovative techniques, tactics and flies have been created and improved upon to bring subsurface fly fishing into the realms of both art and science. Master instructor Bob Shannon and Josh Adams of the Fly Rod Shop will be conducting an intensive 4 hour program introducing and demonstrating many of these innovations, as well as the traditional and classic methods. In the classroom and on the river, participants will become acquainted with the use of strike indicators, the various types of split shot configurations, the use of tandem fly rigs and leader formulas. Students will gain a greater understanding of these techniques in the on-river portion of the day, where they will learn how to read and search the water while putting into practice effective drifting tactics. And a great bonus will be the opportunity to take part in learning Czech/European nymphing and Bob’s adaptation of the Raven float system to use with a floating line in trout and…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AQubBdTl7BM Event: Atlantic Salmon fishing on the Sand Hill River in Labrador Date: June 24th-July 2nd 2013, July 29th-August 5th Cost: $4,500 Location: Sandhill River in Labrador Canada General Information Sea run Atlantic Salmon fishing adventure of a lifetime. You’ll be flying in to the remote location on the Sand Hill River in southeastern Labrador. And there, you’ll not only be drifting Blue Charms on a riffle hitch to salmon, but there’s also the native Brook Trout to consider. In addition, you will have the opportunity to travel up-river to the Lodge’s wilderness cabin below Ricketts Pool on the NW Branch of the Sand Hill River. This is the ideal place where you can hook into hard fighting Sea Trout, coming in at four to seven pounds. The beauty of this trip is its flexibility due, in part, to the great location of the lodge and the numerous fishing options in the area. Basically, the meal times are set but the fishing is up to you. There is an 8 rod maximum for this trip and there will be a guide for every 2. A typical day could include: If you are and early riser, you might fish before breakfast in one of the…